board

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

“Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.”

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

“We have to wait to hear back from the board.”

Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.

“Room and board”

The side of a ship.

The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.

The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.

A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.

“to bind a book in boards”

A level or stage having a particular layout.

A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.

To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

“It is time to board the aircraft.”

To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.

“to board one's horse at a livery stable”

To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.

To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party

To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation

To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.

To cover with boards or boarding.

“to board a house”

To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.

A rebound.